During these trying times, we want to stress that we are taking extra steps with our cleaning and sanitizing procedures to ensure the safety of our guests and employees. El Tapatio Restaurant has been serving fresh and genuine Mexican food to the local community since 1979. Try us out today! El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant and our catering services can be traced back to the restaurant's initial opening in Imperial Beach, CA, in 1979.
Our family has been preparing and serving authentic Mexican dishes including tacos, burritos, tortillas, margaritas, clamatos, and cold beer to our loyal customers in our dine in and takeout restaurant for decades. After many requests from customers who were looking to provide an authentic Mexican food experience at their parties and events, we started to offer catering services in 2001.
Our family has been preparing and serving authentic Mexican dishes including tacos, burritos, tortillas, margaritas, clamatos, and cold beer to our loyal customers in our dine in and takeout restaurant for decades. After many requests from customers who were looking to provide an authentic Mexican food experience at their parties and events, we started to offer catering services in 2001.
Reviews (10)
Alex Angel
Dec 30, 2021
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WatchMeDoThings
Dec 15, 2021
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Love this place. Been come here for 20 years. I always get the burritos wet(delicious sort of cheese sauce) and sit down. The chips and salsa are always on point and my sister is able to ear their veggies tacos. Definitelyrecommend although this isn't a hurry up and eat sort of place. Expect to be here a minimum of 45 minutesto an hour.
John Harrelson
Nov 19, 2021
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Miguel Durazo
Nov 03, 2021
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I had such a delicious meal and the service was very good. I was pleasantly surprised that there was table service and it was fast and friendly. The prices were good too. I ordered a small Carne Asada fries and it came out to around $12 with tax. They had a nice outdoor patio that was very clean. Definitely recommend and please tip your servers at least 18% that's standard, 15% is a cheap tipper. I wait tables for a living and I feel it's something that needs to get reminded about.
Pacific Coast
Sep 03, 2021
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Alex Fadeev
Jul 28, 2021
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Great food, great service, huge portions, very reasonable prices.
Great place to go for breakfast near the beach. Omelette are great, and full menu is available throughout the day. Coffee de Olla with cinnamon and rock sugar is awesome. Salsa for chips is chunky and mildly spicy. Eating on the patio is perfect.
Will come back for more.
Great place to go for breakfast near the beach. Omelette are great, and full menu is available throughout the day. Coffee de Olla with cinnamon and rock sugar is awesome. Salsa for chips is chunky and mildly spicy. Eating on the patio is perfect.
Will come back for more.
Gabriela Vasquez
Jun 02, 2021
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This is our first time here at El Tapatio Restaurant, We order green chilaquiles and carne asada chimichanga. I ordered grilled chicken with the chilaquiles, Chilaquiles plate comes with refried beans, potatoes and 2 eggs. Food was really tasty and fresh. Server/cashier was really friendly and nice. We will come back soon to try more item from the menu.
Anna Webb
Feb 26, 2021
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El Tapatio is such a staple in imperial Beach! It’s our go to Mexican takeout. I ordered the quesadilla with chicken. FYI if you order it to go it gets pretty soggy by the time you get home. Best eaten there on the patio. But the flavor of the grilled chicken is delicious and they don’t skimp on the cheese! I highly recommend El Tapatio for Mexican whether take out or dine in.
Greg Nahliuk
Dec 30, 2020
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Rick Howrey
Sep 25, 2019
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Hired them to cater our wedding. Everything turned out great. As far as the resturant goes, been going there for 30+ years. Good food but there prices have been going up quite a bit lately. Not quite the bargain it used to be. Still a restaurant I go to frequently and will continue to go . I strongly recommend that you try the beef flautas , huge, meaty and very tasty. 🤨 . 666
